Mohammed Dawood Yaseen Al-Obaidi (, born 22 November 1998), is an

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

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who plays as a forward. He plays for

Al-Shorta Al-Shorta Sports Club () is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Iraq, Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 19 different sports, and the best known section of the club is the football team, whose origins date back to 1932. Al-Shorta was for ...

in the

Iraqi Premier League The Iraq Stars League (), is the highest level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraqi Premier Division League. It is governed by the Iraqi Pro League Asso ...

, and for the Iraq national team.

Club career

Dawood began his youth career at his native Al-Oloom wal-Technologia. He moved to Al-Khutoot and then joined Al-Naft SC in summer 2016, He scored his first league goal for Al-Naft in February 2017 against Al-Hussein SC in the Iraqi Premier League, He scored another 8 goals in his debut season, and assisted so many others. In season 2017–2018, he was the team's top scorer 18 goals, he was predominantly playing left winger.

International career

Iraq U-17

Dawood was first called up to Iraq national under-17 team squad for the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship, on 16 September 2016 he played against South Korea and helped Iraq claim a first ever AFC U-16 Championship before the striker picked up the tournament's Most Valuable Player and Top Scorer awards.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.''

Style of play

Described as “ a very good player and studies the opponents very well,” added coach Chathir. “He is very talented and can play on the left and right side”, was featured in The Guardian's list of the 60 best young talents in world football 2017.

Honours

Club

Al-Shorta *

Iraq Stars League The Iraq Stars League (), is the highest level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraqi Premier Division League. It is governed by the Iraqi Pro League Associa ...

: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25 * Iraqi Super Cup:

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International

Iraq U-17 * 2016 AFC U-16 Championship

Individual

* 2016 AFC U-16 Championship: MVP * 2016 AFC U-16 Championship: Top Scorer

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dawood Yaseen, Mohammed 2000 births Living people Men's association football forwards Footballers from Baghdad Al-Naft SC players Al-Shorta SC players Iraqi men's footballers Iraq men's international footballers 2019 AFC Asian Cup players